2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 08



2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 08

Tossups

Founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1963 by the son of Russian immigrants, Leslie Wexner, its name reflected the original intent to only sell sportswear.  It remains the eponymous chain of a company that also owns White Barn Candle Co., Bath & Body Works, Victoria's Secret, and other specialty stores.  For ten points, name this common mall denizen which describes itself as "vibrant, feminine, sophisticated style for the modern fashion-forward woman."

ANS: The Limited

His career began with his 60-second commentaries for an LA radio station.  He has become the first person with simultaneous national public television and radio talk shows, after he began broadcasting on NPR and 2002 and in January 2004 got a PBS show.  For ten points, what black journalist once hosted BET Tonight?

ANS: Tavis Smiley

Though he won his first post-season game in his MVP year of 1986, he would go 13 years before winning a second post-season game. In the 13 intermediary years, he would change teams twice, make six All-Star appearances and win four of his record six Cy Young awards. Winning his 300th game as a Yankee in 2003, he announced his retirement, only to change his mind before Spring Training. For ten points, name this Houston pitcher, known as "The Rocket".

ANS: [William] Roger Clemens

The title character, a newcomer from Iowa, finds an affordable place in the East Village with one drawback. Based on a short by John Payson, its true stars are singing and dancing creatures who come with the new dwelling place. For ten points, name this first ever feature film produced by MTV Networks, which stars Jerry O'Connell and a lot of bugs.

ANS: Joe's Apartment

When it entered the charts at #1 and fell to #16, it set the record for fastest-falling #1 album in Billboard history.  This double-CD attacked Marilyn Manson one song. Other tracks included "We're in This Together" and the band's first Top 40 hit, "The Day the World Went Away."  For ten points, name this 1999 follow-up to The Downward Spiral, by Nine Inch Nails.

ANS: The Fragile

The first thirteen men to win it were black including Oliver Lewis, who won the first in 1875.  However, Lewis and multiple winners such as Isaac Murphy, Gary Stevens, Bill Hartack, and Eddie Arcaro are not remembered; instead, history records names such as Ben Brush, Judge Himes, Omar Khayyam, Clyde Van Dusen, Lil E. Tee, Ferdinand, Alysheba, Grindstone, Charismatic, and Fusaichi Pegasus.  For ten points, name this annual event held at Churchill Downs.

ANS: Kentucky Derby

A descendant of Harriet Beecher Stowe, she believes that painter Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper, a theory that she made the case for in Jack the Ripper: Case Closed. Once a reporter in Richmond, Virginia she made the jump to novel-writing with Postmortem, which was followed by books such as Point of Origin and Blow Fly. For ten points, name this author whose time in the Virginia Chief Medical Examiner's Office was useful in her creation of Dr. Kay Scarpetta.

ANS: Patricia Cornwell

A mother killed by a bomb hidden in a laundry detergent box. A college baseball player found beaten to death behind a gay bar. A teen murdered on a tennis court during a party at a swank estate. A prisoner allegedly killed while trying to escape during Johnny Cash's 1968 Folsom Prison concert. A 1978 disco club murder that may have been arson to cover up a murder. Philadelphia detective Lilly Rush seeks to solve these crimes on, for ten points, CBS show that centers on solving old crimes?

ANS: Cold Case

The music video for this song featured model Shana Zedrick driving around town. Meanwhile, the lyrics state "All the girls walk by dressed up for each other / And the boys do the boogie woogie on the corner of the street." Although the song first appeared on the album Tupelo Honey, a more recent version from Dance Naked was a hit. For ten points, what song by Me'shell Ndegeocello and Mellencamp was a cover of a Van Morrison tune?

ANS: Wild Night

This movie concerns the relationships between a man and his three daughters: a schoolteacher, an airline executive, and a fast food worker at Wendy's.  Remade less than a decade after being released as Tortilla Soup, which starred Hector Elizondo in a Latino setting, this film centers around the traditional Sunday meals shared by the Chu family.  For ten points, name this movie about an aging chef who has lost his tastebuds, a triumph of Ang Lee.

ANS: Eat Drink Man Woman or Yin shi nan nu

The son of a 15-year-old single mother, he was nicknamed "Bubbachuck" while growing up. In his junior year, he quarterbacked Bethel High to a Virginia state championship, but in his senior year, he was charged with hitting a woman in the head with a chair, although he was later pardoned and the conviction overturned. Turning to basketball, he was twice the Big East Defensive Player of the Year before becoming the first player to leave early for the NBA in Georgetown history. For ten points, what point guard was named Rookie of the Year in his first season with the 76ers?

ANS: Allen Iverson

His collaborations include "Yah Mo B There" with James Ingram, "Ever Changing Times" with Aretha Frankin, and the #1 "On My Own" with Patti LaBelle.  More recently, he's been pressing his album Motown, while Warren G's "Regulate" samples his "I Keep Forgettin' (Every Time You're Near)."  For ten points, name this former back-up performer for Steely Dan and member of the Doobie Brothers who has reached new audiences after being featured in some MCI commercials.

ANS: Michael McDonald

Former Monkee Peter Tork once played her father Jedediah.  In a later episode, the role was taken over by Michael McKean, as Jedediah and his wife Rhiannon visited from Pittsburgh to announce their divorce.  She had previously run away from Pittsburgh to return to her boyfriend in Philadelphia, the location of Penn Brook College and John Adams High.  For ten points, name this character played by Danielle Fishel on Boy Meets World.

ANS: Topanga Lawrence

His early acting career was stymied by emotional problems that led him to ask to be excused from Empire Records, from which director Allan Moyle deleted his scenes.  After appearing in the Oscar-nominated short Duke of Groove, he was cast by Terry Gilliam in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Ang Lee in The Ice Storm and by Gary Ross in Pleasantville.  For ten points, name this actor who Ross also cast as Red Pollard, the jockey in Seabiscuit.

ANS: Tobey Maguire

The 2002 film of this title, based on a comic book by Osamu Tezuka, has Rock, jealous of Tima, a robot built in the image of his adopted father Duke Red's dead daughter, who is meant to take over a complex of towers known as the Ziggurat.  The anime is named after a silent film of the same title, in which Maria is replaced by a robot duplicate created by the mad scientist Rotwang.  For ten points, the classic 1927 movie by Fritz Lang.

ANS: Metropolis

Its recent output such as American Pro Trucker and Mary Kate and Ashley: Sweet 16 may have been a harbinger.  Despite a sports portfolio of games such as Jack Nicklaus Golf, Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX, NHL Breakaway, NFL Quarterback Club, and All-Star Baseball, this computer game maker filed for bankruptcy in 2004.  For ten points, name this company best known as the publisher of Midway's Mortal Kombat and the developer of Turok.

ANS: Acclaim Entertainment

Melanie Bitterman on Maggie Briggs. Linda Phillips on Duet. Dr. Elizabeth Newberry on Stat. Catherine Merrick on The John Laroquette Show. However, even though she was part of The Jackie Thomas Show and Tom, you can probably blame those on Tom Arnold. For ten points, name this actress lauded as a female version of Ted McGinley as a show-killer, whose most successful role has been Rachel's boss Joanna on Friends.

ANS: Alison La Placa

This act owes a lot to Willie Nelson, whose Pedernales Studio in Austin is where they recorded their first album. Wilson also played guitar on "La Contestacion" and gave a spot on his cable special to this group, the sons of a conjuncto musician. JoJo, Henry, and Ringo Garza form, for ten points, what Texican rock 'n' roll act behind the song "Heaven."

ANS: Los Lonely Boys

His father was recently revealed to be Azazel. Raised by the gypsy sorceress Margai Szardos, he became the star of Bavarian circus as an acrobat. Recruited to join the second incarnation of the X-Men, he later led the U.K.-based Excalibur. For ten points, name this teleporting mutant who stands out due to his demonic appearance.

ANS: Nightcrawler or Kurt Wagner

He played basketball with Antoine Walker while attending Chicago's Mount Carmel High School, while, in his chosen sport, another teammate was Pro Bowler Simeon Rice. His 9,950 total yards of offense and 77 touchdowns led to his being named Big East Player of the Decade and four-time all-conference quarterback at Syracuse.  For ten points, name this Eagle who Rush Limbaugh claimed was overrated because the media wants a black quarterback to succeed.

ANS: Donvan McNabb

2004 TRASH Junior Bird Round 08

Bonuses

For five points each, name the actor and role, given the way they stopped being a regular character on ER:

A. Stabbed by a schizophrenic law student. ANS: Kelli Martin, Lucy Knight (accept either)

B. Left to take better care of his son, Reese. ANS: Eriq LaSalle, Peter Benton (accept either)

C. Married a cop and adopted an HIV-positive baby. ANS: Gloria Reuben, Jeanie Boulet (accept either)

For ten points each, name these creators of multiple comic strips:

A. He re-used some of the same characters from Bloom County in his newer effort, Outland.

ANS: Berkeley Breathed

B. In 1987, he spun off Crankshaft from Funky Winkerbean.

ANS: Tom Batiuk

C. He co-created Hi and Lois with Beetle Bailey's Mort Walker, before going off on his own with Hagar the Horrible.

ANS: Dik Browne

For ten points each, name these businessmen who got involved in the America's Cup:

A. Already experienced on the Maxi-boat circuit, this computer company founder's team lost to Switzerland's Alinghi in the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup to determine who would face Team New Zealand for the America's Cup.

ANS: Larry Ellison

B. This Microsoft co-founder teamed with Craig McCaw to back the One World Challenge team.

ANS: Paul Allen

C. In 1977, this media mogul actually skippered the Courageous to victory in the America's Cup.

ANS: Ted Turner

For ten points each, name these Dave Matthews albums:

A. This major-label debut by the Dave Matthews band includes the song "Ants Marching."

ANS: Under the Table and Dreaming

B. This album knocked the Titanic soundtrack out of #1 on the Billboard album chart and included "Don't Drink the Water," featuring Alanis Morissette.

ANS: Before These Crowded Streets

C. In 2003, Matthews released this solo album.

ANS: Some Devil

For ten points each, name the Shania Twain song from lyrics:

A. "No inhibitions. Make no conditions. / Get a little outta line. / I ain't gonna act politically correct. / I only wanna have a good time."

ANS: Man, I Feel Like a Woman

B. "They said, 'I'll bet they'll never make it,' / But just look at us holding on. / We're still together, still going strong."

ANS: You're Still the One

C. When I say another woman's lookin' better than me / And when I cook him dinner and I burn it black, / He better say, 'Mmmm, I like it like that.;"

ANS: Any Man of Mine

For ten points each, name these vegan musicians:

A. Her first album, Tidal, includes the song "Criminal."

ANS: Fiona Apple (Maggart)

B. A Canadian punk rocker born in India and adopted by American missionaries, her albums include Purge and I Bificus.

ANS: Bif Naked

C. This B-52s singer collaborated with Iggy Pop on the duet "Candy."

ANS: Kate Pierson

For ten points each, name these actresses from 2004 sequels:

A. She reprised her role as Mia in The Princess Diaries 2. ANS: Anne Hathaway

B. In The Bourne Supremacy, she returns as Marie, now married to Jason Bourne. ANS: Franka Potente

C. In Shrek 2, she is heard as Princess Fiona's Fairy Godmother. ANS: Jennifer Saunders

071704 For ten points each, name these characters from '90s movies about young blacks:

A. A cynical youth with a half-brother seemingly on the track to a college football scholarship, Darin Baker is better known by this nickname and was played by Ice Cube in Boyz N the Hood.

ANS: Doughboy

B. In Juice, Omar Epps plays a DJ known by this single letter.

ANS: Q

C. Kevin is the real name of this friend of Caine, played by Larenz Tate, who murders a Korean grocer in Menace II Society.

ANS: O-Dawg

40-30-20-10. Name the character.

[40] He is fictional.

[30] He is a big fan of cat shows, in which he enters his kitty Spartacus.  He also was once a figure skater.  But, he is not gay, despite falling for his high school buddy who had had a sex change.

[20] His father, Red, is a fireman who visits, saying that he has accepted that his son is gay.  Later, Red becomes engaged to Nina, but the marriage is called off.

[10] He does, however, go through with a quicky courtship and marriage to supermodel Adrienne, played by Rebecca Romijn.

ANS: Dennis Finch (accept either)

For ten points each, name these companies associated with Napster:

A. In 2002, this German parent company of BMG tried to buy Napster, but was nixed by a bankruptcy court.

ANS: Bertelsmann AG

B. Napster 2.0 was brought forth by this company that bought Napster's assets in 2002.

ANS: Roxio Inc.

C. In 2003, this Asian electronics company unveiled a Napster digital music player as a competitor to the iPod.

ANS: Samsung

Name the athlete for fifteen points given college basketball exploits, or for five points given baseball exploits.

A. [15] He set the Montana single-season and career records for steals and played in the 1988 Final Four.

[5] In 1992, this Indian stole 66 bases as a rookie.

ANS: Kenny Lofton

B. [15] After becoming the first Creighton player to average 20 points per game for his career, he played with the Harlem Globetrotters for one season before becoming a feared strikeout pitcher.

[5] He recorded 251 wins and 3,117 strikeouts with the Cardinals.

ANS: Bob Gibson

For ten points each, given a position in The West Wing's Bartlett administration, name the character who currently serves in that capacity.

A. White House Chief of Staff ANS: Leo McGarry

B. White House Press Secretary ANS: Claudia Jean Cregg

C. Vice President of the United States ANS: "Bingo" Bob Russell

For ten points each, name these Robert Duvall roles, all of which come from films based on novels:

A. In the horrible, horrible Demi Moore version of The Scarlet Letter, Duvall played this husband of Hester Prynne.

ANS: Roger Chillingsworth

B. In his first film role, Duvall played this mysterious shut-in in To Kill a Mockingbird.

ANS: Arthur "Boo" Radley

PART: In The Godfather, Duvall was this lawyer and right-hand man of Don Vito, who is like an adopted brother to the gangster's sons.

ANS: Tom Hagen

For ten points each, name these Michael Crichton books:

A. Several scientists are sent to the bottom of the Pacific to examine an artifact from what is believed to be an alien crash site.

ANS: Sphere

B. A scientist has to stop a nuclear bomb intended to eradicate an alien disease, but which would instead cause the disease to mutate into unstoppable forms.

ANS: The Andromeda Strain

C. Shockingly, scientists are featured, as they encounter the threat of self-replicating nanotechnology.

ANS: Prey

For ten points each, name these athletes-turned-politicians:

A. This coach refused to mention his three national titles while campaigning for Congress in Nebraska.

ANS: Tom Osbourne

B. This perfect game pitcher has no problems listing his baseball feats first in the biography section of his U.S. Senate website.

ANS: Jim Bunning

C. Once the record holder for most points in the NHL by a European player, this ex-Nordique was elected to represent Slovakia in the European Union Parliament.

ANS: Peter Stastny

For ten points each, name these movies which feature legendary car chase sequences.

A. This 1968 Steve McQueen film, which features a Ford Mustang in an epic chase through the streets of San Francisco, is considered by many to be the gold standard for chases.

ANS: Bullitt

B. This 1971 Best Picture Oscar-winning film featuring Gene Hackman as Det. Popeye Doyle is highlighted by a chase between Doyle's car and an elevated train.

ANS: The French Connection

C. According to Hollywood legend, this 1980 comedy starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd destroyed more cars in production than any film until the movie's 1998 "sequel."

ANS: The Blues Brothers

For five points each, name the oldest daughter and the actress who players her in these TV families:

A. The Bradys on The Brady Bunch. ANS: Marcia, Maureen McCormick

B. The Hennessys on 8 Simple Rules. ANS: Bridget, Kaley Cuoco

C. The Camdens on 7th Heaven. ANS: Mary, Jessica Biel

For ten points each, name the fruit flavorings of these liquers:

A. Cointreau. ANS: orange

B. Crme de Framboise. ANS: raspberry

C. Calvados. ANS: apple

For ten points each, name the following about old school rap legend Chuck D.

A. Chuck D fronted this group, the politically infused group behind albums It Takes a Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet.

ANS: Public Enemy

B. Chuck D and Public Enemy contributed the theme to this 1998 Spike Lee film starring Denzel Washington, the only non-Aaron Copland song on the soundtrack.

ANS: He Got Game

C. Chuck D currently co-hosts Unfiltered, a show on this liberal focused talk-radio network

ANS: Air America Radio

For ten points each, the following college football awards are given to the best at what position?

A. Doak Walker Award. ANS: running back

B. Fred Biletnikoff Award. ANS: receiver

C. Ray Gun Award ANS: punter (do not accept "kicker")

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